Career
The acute examination for own compositions begins 1995. The first release with her band "Back to Godhead", a classical guitar band formation, wins at the Austrian SKYPE CONTEST and made the second place Europe-wide. This is followed by further releases in different formations and genres between Indie Rock and Elektro-Population
In 2003 Monique Fessl is nominated for the Austrian "Amadeus Award" with the band-project Nimai (with Gregor Henning and Volker Pflüger).
Since 2006 Monique Fessl is working solo. The style focuses on electronic music and Techno, combined with her melodic vocals.
Releases are published on labels like TONGUT(Switzerland), Monomental digital (Hannover), Futureaudio (Hamburg) or Zeiger records (Graz), featuring the 2008 FM4 hit "Schnee mit Matsch". In 2014 she released a remix of the single "The Violets" from the Austrian electronic musician "Favela Gold".
In 2015 Monique Fessl is working on a new production in cooperation with the Swiss artist Apoll (TONGUT), which will be released in August 2015.
Monique Fessl has a master"s degree in Astrophysics at the Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria, and a degree for mediaand interaction design at the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum Graz. LPs
1998: Icecream for Love (with Back to Godhead)
1999: Play me (with Shuka)
2002: Fallen from a Star (with Nimai)
EPs
2008: Who knows, Tongut
Singles
2014: The Violets (Monique Fessl Remix), Favela Gold
Compilations
1996: Springtime, Shelter, Jaya Radha-Madhava, Desaster Area, Promotion-Sampler
1999: Sugar Candy Mountain, Dream, popular 37,38, popular!platte
1999: Sugar Candy Mountain, Austrian Sound Odyssey, projekt popular!, AKM, IFPI Austria, Social Research – Archiv Österreichischer Popularmusik
2001: The Lovesong, Soundtrack Ikarus, monkey music
2002: One Love, FM4 Soundpark, VWSF-03/02
2003: What, When, If, Is?, Nibblingontheloops, Sevenahalf
2008: Let loose (mit Willi Ganster), Soundtrack Schlimmer geht"s nimmer
2008: The Love Track (Apoll Re-Loved), Konform, Tongut
2008: Schnee mit Match, Styrian Stylez, Zeiger Records
2009: About it we are silent (Remix), Sozonov, Compilation Elevate, Zero inch, Kangaroo
2009: The Love Track (Apoll Re-Loved), Minimal Techno Volume 7, futuraudio Records
2009: Im Augenblick (mit Martin Mathy), Styrian Stylez, Zeiger Records
2011: Crater (Sozonov ft Monique Fessl), Felerica
2012: Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand (guestmusician), Jugend, Binder & Krieglstein), earcandy recordings
Live sets
2015-2004-08 Eröffnungskonzert Ausstellung "Desiring the real.Austria contemporary", Club OnStage, Shanghai/China mit Dorit Chrysler
2015-2003-19 sound:frame – "Departures: Austrian Days“, Pilsen – Europäische Kulturhauptstadt
2015, Tschechien mit Bernhard Fleischmann und Sixtus Preiss.